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5 unusual facts about renaissance architecture


Acquaviva Cathedral

The increasing population rendered the building too small, and from 1529 an enlargement and reconstruction in Renaissance style began under Giovanni Antonio Donato Acquaviva.

Alessio Tramello

The first, Basilica of Santa Maria di Campagna was built (1522–1528) and is considered to be a prime example of Renaissance architecture.

Nykøbing Castle

In 1587, on the recommendation of Sophie's parents, the Dutch architect Philip Brandin arrived in Nykøbing where he designed a new castle in the Renaissance style.

Completed in 1594 in the Renaissance style, it replaced an earlier building from the 12th century.

Sélestat

Buildings like the town hall (1788), the railway station (1880s) and the synagogue (1890s), as well as several Renaissance and Baroque civil houses are similarly noteworthy.


Åkerö Manor

During the 16th century, the owners at the time, the Bielke family, erected a renaissance manor house.

Belloy-en-France

The façade is in Renaissance style; the gate, sometimes attributed to Jean Bullant, consists of a tympanum leading to columns grooved in Corinthian capitals, the whole surrounded by a very decorated classic entablature, surmounted in the extremities by two roof lanterns.

Bohus Fortress

This construction was one of the early works by Hans van Steenwinckel, also from the Netherlands, who was later famous for his Dutch Renaissance style design in Denmark.

Château de Béduer

He discovered and restored to its former glory the Renaissance Château de Montal near Saint-Céré, travelling the world buying and bringing back its lost stonework.

Gabriel von Salamanca-Ortenburg

He retired to Carinthia and took his residence at Spittal an der Drau, where he had a luxuriant Renaissance palace built by Italian architects from 1533, today known as Schloss Porcia.

Graz-Karlau Prison

Built between 1584 and 1590 in late Renaissance style to designs by Antonio Tade and Antonio Marmoro, it was used as a summer hunting residence for Archduke Karl II of Austria.

Güstrow

The Güstrow Castle or Schloss Güstrow (a German word for palace), built in 1589 in Renaissance style, as a residence for the dukes of Mecklenburg.

Italian Neoclassical and 19th-century art

Just like in other parts of Europe, Italian Neoclassical art was mainly based on the principles of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek art and architecture, but also by the Italian Renaissance architecture and its basics, such as in the Villa Capra "La Rotonda".

Levoča

The town has a historic center with a well preserved town wall, a Renaissance church with the highest wooden altar in World, carved by Master Paul of Levoča, and many other Renaissance buildings.

Opera Krakowska

Groundbreaking productions in natural settings included the Straszny Dwór opera performance at the Renaissance Courtyard of the Niepołomice Castle in 2002 and 2003; Madame Butterfly was staged in the depths of the centuries-old Wieliczka Salt Mine in 2003, while Tosca by Puccini and Straszny Dwór (The Haunted Manor) by Stanisław Moniuszko were performed against the arresting background of the Wawel Royal Castle in 2005.

Piano nobile

The piano nobile (Italian, "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, bel étage) is the principal floor of a large house, usually built in one of the styles of classical renaissance architecture.

The English House

Domestic architecture of the late nineteenth century was a mix of classicism, renaissance and gothic styles and therefore needed redefinition.


see also

Abulkasym Madrassah

The Renaissance architecture styled Abulkasym Madrassah, was built in the 19th century.

German Renaissance

A particular form of Renaissance architecture in Germany is the Weser Renaissance, with prominent examples such as the City Hall of Bremen and the Juleum in Helmstedt.